Superior Court Judge John C. Cratsley, in a 19-page decision, found that multiple articles about Delp’s death could give rise to a defamatory interpretation.

“While the Inside Track articles do not explicitly state Delp committed suicide because of Scholz’s behavior, I find that they are reasonably susceptible of a defamatory connotation because the articles insinuate, if not suggest, that Delp’s stressful career, caused in part or in whole by Scholz, played a role in Delp’s suicide,” he wrote.

The paper is represented by the Boston law firm of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo.